[tn-bird] blackgum trees offer great birding
- From: jreese5@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 22:48:37 -0500
I need to amend a statement made a couple of weeks ago. Blackgum is
classified by some taxonomists as being in the same family as dogwood.
Some taxonomists are "splitters" and others are "groupers". Either way, the
two trees are obviously not that far apart in the evolutionary realm, and I
was wrong to say they are not related. Was that you, Dean, who made that
statement that I so brashly refuted?
This morning I stood in my yard and watched catbirds, mockers, thrashers,
tanagers, cedar waxwings, cardinals, bluejays, bluebirds, a black and white
warbler, and even a pileated woodpecker eating blackgum fruits on the tree
just down the hill. I went down and ate a few myself...pleasantly tart. I
am taking a bag of seed with me over to my new place where I will build to
make sure I get some blackgum trees growing over there...
Carol Reese
Ornamental Horticulture Specialist -Western District
University of Tennessee Extension Service
605 Airways Blvd.
Jackson TN 38301
731 425 4721 email jreese5@xxxxxxx
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